Tennessee/Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway?

[757Hokie83]

fun fact, he used to live down the street from me, well had a house that he lived in a few months per year anyways

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

First, 160,000 seats for two teams who aren't exactly doing that well - just three years to improve? Wouldn't be shocked if they couldn't sell it out. Secondly, now Michigan is going to have to add another 50,000 seats....bastards - or we're just going to have to have a game at the Indianapolis speedway.

 

[john01992]

yeah now that ive had some time to dwell on it this is a bad idea.

1. its two teams who are not well known for their insanely large fanbases or for being a contender right now. by no means is this an intriguing matchup

2. its a terrible fan experience. theres a huge reason why the NCAA is cutting back on basketball tourny games being held in football stadiums. attendance sucks, it kills the quality of the game and it looks horrible on TV. this is pretty much the exact same thing in a nutshell

 

[NickVT10]

You guys are crazy if you don't think this will sell out. Both schools fill their stadiums each week regardless of records. The fanbases are both extremely passionate. They will add some bleacher seating around the field to fill in some of the space and to create a covered area to put temporary locker rooms. It will be a hell of a game.

 

[john01992]

You guys are crazy if you don't think this will sell out. Both schools fill their stadiums each week regardless of records. The fanbases are both extremely passionate. They will add some bleacher seating around the field to fill in some of the space and to create a covered area to put temporary locker rooms. It will be a hell of a game.

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delusional

im not even sure if bama/texas could pull this off let alone vtech/tenn. no disrespect to your school......but you are no bama or texas

 

[ckhokie]

First, 160,000 seats for two teams who aren't exactly doing that well - just three years to improve? Wouldn't be shocked if they couldn't sell it out. S

One bad season and we're suddenly 'not doing that well?' From 2000-2011 VT won the 5th most games of any program. We're 5-1 now with one of the youngest teams in all of cfb. We'll be good.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

yeah now that ive had some time to dwell on it this is a bad idea.

1. its two teams who are not well known for their insanely large fanbases or for being a contender right now. by no means is this an intriguing matchup

2. its a terrible fan experience. theres a huge reason why the NCAA is cutting back on basketball tourny games being held in football stadiums. attendance sucks, it kills the quality of the game and it looks horrible on TV. this is pretty much the exact same thing in a nutshell

Explain to me how two teams that routinely sell out 100K and 66K stadiums 100 miles from Bristol won't come close to selling this out?

Don't be pissed we are going to break attendance records you all covet so much.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

We are sure as hell trending a lot better than Michgan over the last decade. One bad season? Don't you remember the thorough ass kicking we have your team in NO. You won the game but you saw it and know your team was manhandled all game long. Thank our inept play calling for a win.

The whining of Meeecheegin fans is so funny.

 

[WhiteMamba]

You guys are crazy if you don't think this will sell out. Both schools fill their stadiums each week regardless of records. The fanbases are both extremely passionate. They will add some bleacher seating around the field to fill in some of the space and to create a covered area to put temporary locker rooms. It will be a hell of a game.

this. Tennessee came to Oregon for the love of Pete. I have seen all but a handful of games since 1996 @ Autzen.

Never were there more opposing teams fans than the Tennessee Vols, that includes an Oregon State team that wins the game and is in the RB, and they are 40 miles away. Not Washington, not Oky, not Michigan.

Vol fans came in droves. And they were awesome.

 

[john01992]

Explain to me how two teams that routinely sell out 100K and 66K stadiums 100 miles from Bristol won't come close to selling this out?

Don't be pissed we are going to break attendance records you all covet so much.

1. combining stadium sizes like that is redneck logic

2. its off campus for both schools

3. the fan experience sucks

 

[john01992]

We are sure as hell trending a lot better than Michgan over the last decade. One bad season? Don't you remember the thorough ass kicking we have your team in NO. You won the game but you saw it and know your team was manhandled all game long. Thank our inept play calling for a win.

The whining of Meeecheegin fans is so funny.

exactly

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

One bad season and we're suddenly 'not doing that well?' From 2000-2011 VT won the 5th most games of any program. We're 5-1 now with one of the youngest teams in all of cfb. We'll be good.

5-1 with the loss coming to the number 1 team in the country, this is a team back on the upswing from last years disappointing season. I wont go so far as to say they will not sell it out, i will say its possible seeing as it will be a first/novelty type thing. Many people who are not fans of either school will want to go just because it has never been done and might never again.

Here are some pluses for this game. Tennessee could be on a resurgence(too early to tell yet) but that doesnt matter, Vols are travelers for their team and its close by and a novelty, they will come.

VT fans travel well and its close by their school also, so they will come.

Speedway Motorsports Inc owns that property and if they work the deal, they will promote the hell out of it. Bruton Smith does not like to see an empty venue and he has the resources to make sure it sells out. If you remember, this is the guy who sold a race weekend to the NHRA before the track was even built and he hadnt even gotten the county he built it in to approve the build yet. He built the track in around 4-5 months time from ground breaking to completion. Point in this, he doesnt take no for an answer, nor does he fail.

At the least they will break attendance records, at the most they will create a record that might stand the test of time.

Oh, and i for one will be looking for tickets to the game even though i am not a fan of either team. Just want to say i was there in attendance on that day.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

1. combining stadium sizes like that is redneck logic

2. its off campus for both schools

3. the fan experience sucks

Explain number 1 to me please. You realize Bristol is less than two hours from both campuses right? It's an attendance record. Don't get so sad about it. It means nothing. It's a cool concept. Of course the fan experience will suck. Having been to two winter classics (including the night one at a football stadium) the fan experience sucks as well as far as seeing the game goes. All that goes along with it and the experience outside of the game makes it special though and they sell out in about a minute.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

One bad season and we're suddenly 'not doing that well?' From 2000-2011 VT won the 5th most games of any program. We're 5-1 now with one of the youngest teams in all of cfb. We'll be good.

Even so, you're playing Tennessee. And in case you don't remember, you couldn't even fill your seat allotment at the last BCS bowl your team appeared in - and you were an 11 win team at the time.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

...because all of our fans bought the tickets for cheaper from ticket sites. I didn't see any empty seats.

Talk about redneck logic....

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Even so, you're playing Tennessee. And in case you don't remember, you couldn't even fill your seat allotment at the last BCS bowl your team appeared in - and you were an 11 win team at the time.

Could have had something to do with the opponent they were playing wasnt appealing to the VT fan base. Just sayin

 

[john01992]

Explain number 1 to me please. You realize Bristol is less than two hours from both campuses right? It's an attendance record. Don't get so sad about it. It means nothing. It's a cool concept. Of course the fan experience will suck. Having been to two winter classics (including the night one at a football stadium) the fan experience sucks as well as far as seeing the game goes. All that goes along with it and the experience outside of the game makes it special though and they sell out in about a minute.

i grew up in syracuse. so i know first hand how bad it sucks when you put a game in a type of venue thats not designed for the sport.

its redneck logic because you cant combine fanbase's like that between 2 locations 200 miles away. you have to factor the student population, locals, & opposing fans. the 65k fans who attend the game dont all live in blacksburg (blacksburg has a population of only 48k). odds are a large number of them had to commute to blacksburg from somewhere else (probably from eastern virginia). so its not just 2 hours away, its 2 hours on top of their regular commuter time.

its a stupid idea that has no logical reasoning to it. its like saying the world trade centers could of been the largest in the world had they just built one on top of the other

 

[john01992]

...because all of our fans bought the tickets for cheaper from ticket sites. I didn't see any empty seats.

Talk about redneck logic....

no.......

a stadium that holds 65k had only 48k show up.......

lemme guess cheap tickets are to blame for that right

 

[TigerBait1971]

Michigan fans hate this idea. Shocker.

 

[john01992]

Michigan fans hate this idea. Shocker.

damn straight........

i guess i am a bit biased, but if michigan was pulling this shit id be ticked too.